Madghacen
Madghacen (Berber languages: imedɣasen; also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis) is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia - Algeria.[1]
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History[edit]
Madghis was a king[2] of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, in 400 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa(Aimgharen), Marinid, Ziyyanid, and Wattasid.[3][4]
Threats[edit]
As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major 'repair work' without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."[5][6]


